Medieval History
Inside a dark room in the Cloisters, 10 small children crowded around tapestries of men hunting unicorns. Their instructor, Britt Eilhardt, led them in a discussion of dogs, unicorns and why the Cloisters has a plant that is also in the Harry Potter books.
?The art we have here is really old,? she said, ?and it?s really full of dog pictures!?
While looking at medieval art may sound like a decidedly grown-up activity, the Metropolitan Museum of Art disagrees. The Cloisters, the branch of the Met located in Fort Tryon Park, has a family program, in which they try to make medieval art accessible to children and bring more families to the uptown museum.
Click here to read this article from the Manhattan Times
- An Algorithm For Preserving Art
Paolo Dionisi Vici's life's work is preserving aging art made from wood. He gets misty-eyed encountering rare artifacts from his hometown in Tuscany. He looks strikingly like Frank Zappa. In other words, Dionisi Vici seems an unlikely person to...
- Gloucester's Greyfriars Dig Uncovers Medieval Floor
The ancient cloisters of Greyfriars Priory and the remains of a medieval tiled floor have been uncovered during an archaeological dig in Gloucester. The excavation was carried out by a small group of amateur diggers who were supervised by Cotswold Archaeology....
- Warwick Library Hosts Medieval Tapestry Conservation Program On March 20
The Albert Wisner Public Library will present the ?Restoration of the Cloisters? Redemption Tapestry? on Sunday March 20, at 2 p.m. in the Community Room. Warwick resident Tina Kane will discuss the landmark medieval tapestry conservation project she...
- Cloistered Away In New York City
Welcome to The Cloisters. It?s officially a part of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and it rests at the northern tip of Manhattan Island, in a beautifully remote woodland setting known as Fort Tryon Park. It takes its name from a series of five self-enclosed...
- Medieval Hebrew Manuscripts On Display At The Met
Two important medieval Hebrew manuscripts?a Mishneh Torah made between 1300 and 1400 in Germany and an illuminated leaf from a prayer book made in Austria around 1360?are on display in New York City at The Metropolitan Museum of Art and The Cloisters,...
Medieval History
Introducing children to medieval art
Inside a dark room in the Cloisters, 10 small children crowded around tapestries of men hunting unicorns. Their instructor, Britt Eilhardt, led them in a discussion of dogs, unicorns and why the Cloisters has a plant that is also in the Harry Potter books.
?The art we have here is really old,? she said, ?and it?s really full of dog pictures!?
While looking at medieval art may sound like a decidedly grown-up activity, the Metropolitan Museum of Art disagrees. The Cloisters, the branch of the Met located in Fort Tryon Park, has a family program, in which they try to make medieval art accessible to children and bring more families to the uptown museum.
Click here to read this article from the Manhattan Times
- An Algorithm For Preserving Art
Paolo Dionisi Vici's life's work is preserving aging art made from wood. He gets misty-eyed encountering rare artifacts from his hometown in Tuscany. He looks strikingly like Frank Zappa. In other words, Dionisi Vici seems an unlikely person to...
- Gloucester's Greyfriars Dig Uncovers Medieval Floor
The ancient cloisters of Greyfriars Priory and the remains of a medieval tiled floor have been uncovered during an archaeological dig in Gloucester. The excavation was carried out by a small group of amateur diggers who were supervised by Cotswold Archaeology....
- Warwick Library Hosts Medieval Tapestry Conservation Program On March 20
The Albert Wisner Public Library will present the ?Restoration of the Cloisters? Redemption Tapestry? on Sunday March 20, at 2 p.m. in the Community Room. Warwick resident Tina Kane will discuss the landmark medieval tapestry conservation project she...
- Cloistered Away In New York City
Welcome to The Cloisters. It?s officially a part of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and it rests at the northern tip of Manhattan Island, in a beautifully remote woodland setting known as Fort Tryon Park. It takes its name from a series of five self-enclosed...
- Medieval Hebrew Manuscripts On Display At The Met
Two important medieval Hebrew manuscripts?a Mishneh Torah made between 1300 and 1400 in Germany and an illuminated leaf from a prayer book made in Austria around 1360?are on display in New York City at The Metropolitan Museum of Art and The Cloisters,...